ẹdun arinlẹ
Yoruba
Etymology
From ẹdun (“colobus money”) + a- (“agent prefix”) + rìn (“to walk”) + ilẹ̀ (“ground”), literally “The colobus monkey that treads on the ground”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̄.dũ̄ ā.ɾĩ̄.lɛ̀/
Noun
ẹdun arinlẹ̀
- (idiomatic, derogatory) a bankrupt person; (specifically) a rich person who has lost all of their fortune
- (idiomatic, derogatory) lame duck
Derived terms
- dẹdun arinlẹ̀ (“to go bankrupt, to lose one's money”)